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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1961
Page
10
Five month totals reveal 1960 and 1961 activity lagging the 1953 peak across categories. Highlights include 204 total permits, $1,470,650 in house values, $253,100 public building value, and $8,835 in sign permits. Jaycee band shell at Legion Park not counted as it was issued in May.
Dist 36 children took a field day trip Friday visiting KSID fire station Western Union police station courthouse Hanlan bakery Jup Bottling Works and the city library. Lower grades picnic at Mrs Wolstenholm’s home while upper grades viewed a rock arrowhead collection at Ezra Chambers home then visited a Chappell rock collection and a local gas plant.
Fragment notes a Sunday event on East Frank Street where a soda fountain offered sundaes in paper cups. The cups were described as plainly used for hospital storage of false teeth. No injuries or broader details provided.
Balderson filed three charges against the men for breaking and entering stealing an auto and grand larceny. Judge Beck sentenced each man from one to three years to run concurrently at Lincoln State Reformatory. Police report Carter station on West Illinois broken into by breaking a west side window but no items confirmed stolen.
Police responding to a report at the Co-op station on 15th and Illinois arrested Hawkins and his companion after finding four new tires in a car. Hawkins, a Cheyenne County resident, denied the theft and the companion was released. Hawkins pleaded innocent to the breaking and entering charge.
Diablo the horse ended Mary’s rodeo ambitions while grazing in a pasture. She pivoted to painting earning Florida Fine Arts awards and a Florida Southern College art degree. She tours the rodeo circuit decorating windows and runs a 1100 mile weekly junket painting up to 25 works daily for Fort Sidney Days pageantry.
Oil and gas test notes detail multiple wildcat wells in Kimball and Morrill counties. Entries reference DeVaughn Oil and Gas, Regal Drilling Co., Miami Petroleum, Pan American Petroleum Corp, and Mound Company with well numbers and locations such as Larkin 1, Aden A, Nielsen A, Gehrke Unit, and Lawson in Hayes County. Tests include Skull Creek, pre Cambrian depths around 3590 to 4900 feet and 2130 FEL, with various townships and ranges listed.
The County Court of Cheyenne County Nebraska issues a notice to all creditors of James Z. Vacik deceased. Claims must be filed by August 29 1961 or be barred. A hearing on claims will be held August 30 1961 at 10:00 AM. Seal and signatures included. Peetz and Balderson attorneys listed.
Humble Oil announces ENCO to replace its gasoline branding in 20 western and mid western states with ENCO and ENCO Extra labels. The ENCO mark, a red white and blue oval, debuts in most regions while Texas uses Humble ESSO branding.
VALENTINE Neb Officials of the Sandhills Cattle Association announced that W W Bill Derrick longtime extension worker at the University of Nebraska has been selected as the association's annual award recipient. He will be honored May 23 at Bassett Neb during the association convention. Derrick served as assistant professor and extension animal husbandman from 1920 to 1958 and helped ranchers and ranch youth in the Sandhills. He grew up in west Texas attended Bavier University and Texas A M College before joining Nebraska and is married with two children.
Ted C. Connell of Killeen Texas announces Loyde H. Adams of Sidney has been appointed National Aide-de-Camp in the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Connell praises Adams for past achievements and his expected continued service to the VFW and community.
A simple economical bib is made by recycling the good portions of worn terry-cloth towels. This approach reduces waste and provides a practical accessory for infants.
In Crozet Virginia a 10 year old boy named Chuck Kent went missing while exploring fields and woods. About 150 adults joined a search that stretched across a spring day before he was found safe.
Grace Rhine, a Navy wife and mother of five, has served as a matron in an orphanage, a lifeguard, a coach, and now drives a fuel oil truck to support her family during her husband’s deployments. She often brings one or more children along on deliveries.
Conyers Georgia monk tallies 162 species during bird watching at the Trappist monastery. He notes about 200 species appear yearly in the rural area about 30 miles east of Atlanta and birders have recorded 460 species either living in or flying over Georgia.
The article notes about half of U S hospital beds are filled by mentally ill patients with over a million treated annually in public and private facilities. It discusses varying forms of mental illness, causes from organic damage to stress, and ongoing research into treatment and rehabilitation methods.
Americans last year bought nearly three times as many stereo phonograph sets as morfaural instruments, according to the Electronic Industries Association.
Honolulu theater columnist Phil Mayer and his Japanese born wife discuss a review of a visiting Japanese singer. Mayer quips that all Japanese have trouble pronouncing some English words and Mrs Mayer asks what.
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